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Katieep

04/6/2015 at 8:55pm
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BBC, metcheck, mwis

Which sites (if any) do people trust most ?

Fiona W

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Met Office. Everyone else uses their data. The App is very accurate indeed - as my wet washing confirms: rain at 3 pm, it said. And it did...

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micbrook

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camping and fishing i use BBC as i find most accurate. unless it says what i don't want to hear, then ill scour the web for anything that shows a bit of sun. if that fails, then they're all rubbish and weathermen never get it right anyway.

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millermicm

04/6/2015 at 9:47pm
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Quote: Originally posted by Fiona W on 04/6/2015
Met Office. Everyone else uses their data. The App is very accurate indeed - as my wet washing confirms: rain at 3 pm, it said. And it did...

So if you had that accurate information it begs the question why did you put the washing out?

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haha! my bad

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I always use BBC they seem to update pretty frequently, but like everyone else they don't always get it right, bottom line really is don't trust the weather

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West coast of Scotland - xc weather. Used by fishermen and fish farmers, it's pretty accurate but how good it is elsewhere I'm not sure, though it certainly got it right for last weekend in Kielder Forest!

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I use them all and go with the one that has the best weather

firefly0748

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I like Netweather. It seems to be accurate and they have extras like a Lightning Detector so you can see how storms are moving. It also explains things like the jetstream and how this affects our weather.

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We all got an app on our phone call 'Rain alarm'.

Shows you a map of the UK, and then shows any possible rain on the way.

Very handy when working out in the fields, you can work nearly right up to the minute the rain arrives.

Combine this with the met offices' forecast, it's pretty good.

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daveslisa

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Quote: Originally posted by firefly0748 on 05/6/2015
I like Netweather. It seems to be accurate and they have extras like a Lightning Detector so you can see how storms are moving. It also explains things like the jetstream and how this affects our weather.

I use netweather too, love the extra's. Usually reliable too, which helps 😃

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feeblecat

06/6/2015 at 9:13am
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I find xcweather to be the most accurate. But only within a day or so. I dont think any weather forecast site is any good beyond that.

ChrisSue

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The Norwegian website 'yr.no' has a fantastic forecast. It really is very accurate and you can look long term for about 10 days, though I wish I just hadn't as rain is forecast next weekend when we have a big family camp on!

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Rhj296

06/6/2015 at 10:58am
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BBC for the UK and Meteo for France.

Mrs E

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I used to use Metcheck but I now use the BBC Weather website as it's forecast is more accurate imo.

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